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Lucy McBath: “I grieve every day for these continued losses. I grieve as a mother who lost her own child to the very same violence…”

On the recordJune 9, 2020
I grieve every day for these continued losses. I grieve as a mother who lost her own child to the very same violence that we're talking about today and tomorrow and next week and next month and next year.
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Lucy McBath
Democratic · Georgia

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McBath shares her personal grief over violence and its impact on families.

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